Saturday, December 12, 2009

THE JENERATORS: L.A. BLUES ROCK BAND

This is a long time LA band with several famous actor members. I've never seen them but know people who are big fans of this group. Here's their myspace link that has some nice songs of theirs that you can listen to:

Bill's rock band The Jenerators have released three albums, "The Jenerators," "Hitting the Silk," and "Pony Up." 1999 saw the release of "The Be Five: Trying To Forget," another Renaissance CD written and produced by Bill featuring vocals by actors from Babylon 5. Bill's has also produced three albums for children, "Kiss My Boo Boo" (Infinite Visons), “The Dinosaur Album” and “Yogi Bear and Friends: This Land is Your Land”. (kid Rhino)He has worked with the pop group "America" off and on for over twenty years, composing, producing and performing with the band. As a songwriter Bill has supplied songs to such varied artists as pop stars America, David and Shaun Cassidy, to jazz artists like Sea Wind and the legendary Rosemary Clooney.

Miguel Ferrar is the drummer for the group. One of my favorite character actors for his villianous roles, particularly in RoboCop, I wonder what kind of drums he plays. Drummers often wonder about such things as the brand and shell makeup of the drums themselves, the configuration and the sizes of the drumshells.

Here's what wiki says about the band:

The Jenerators are a blues-rock band based in Los Angeles, CA featuring Tom Hebenstreit on vocals, electric guitars and keyboards; Bill Mumy on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion; Gary Stockdale on vocals and bass; Miguel Ferrer on vocals, percussion and drums; David Jolliffe on guitar, percussion and vocals and Chris Ross on drums and percussion.